- Taschenbuch: 176 Seiten
- Verlag: Baker Book House; Auflage: Reprint (Mai 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 080106290X
- ISBN-13: 978-0801062902
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 14 x 1,5 cm
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Examining God's foreknowledge of our future decisions, this survey of Scripture's teaching affirms what has been termed as "the open view of God."
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A Biblical View of a Partly Open Future
Christians have usually believed that the future was eternally settled in the mind of God (foreknowledge) if not the will of God (predestination). An increasing number of Bible-believing scholars and laypeople are questioning this belief. If the future is eternally settled, how can humans be truly free? If God is certain what evil people like Hitler are going to do before he creates them, isn't he responsible for what they do? If God loves everyone, like the Bible says, why does God create people he is certain will go to hell? Why pray to alter things if the future is eternally settled? And why does the Bible repeatedly depict God as experiencing surprise, regret, disappointment, changing his mind, asking questions, or speaking about the future in terms of "maybes" -- if in fact he knows the future as exhaustively settled?
Christians have usually believed that the future was eternally settled in the mind of God (foreknowledge) if not the will of God (predestination). An increasing number of Bible-believing scholars and laypeople are questioning this belief. If the future is eternally settled, how can humans be truly free? If God is certain what evil people like Hitler are going to do before he creates them, isn't he responsible for what they do? If God loves everyone, like the Bible says, why does God create people he is certain will go to hell? Why pray to alter things if the future is eternally settled? And why does the Bible repeatedly depict God as experiencing surprise, regret, disappointment, changing his mind, asking questions, or speaking about the future in terms of "maybes" -- if in fact he knows the future as exhaustively settled?
Questions such as these have led many to the conclusion that the future is NOT eternally settled. Rather, the future is partly open to possibilities, so God (who knows all things perfectly) knows it as a realm of possibilities. In other words, even God sees some of the future as POSSIBLY this way and POSSIBLY that way. This view has come to be called "the open view of God."
Many have found this perspective to be biblically illuminating, philosophical statisfying, and spiritual liberating. Others have fiercely opposed it. Some have accused "open theists" of being motivated by non-biblical considerations -- e.g. process philosophy, western individualism, etc. They sometimes insist that this view of the future undermines God's omniscience and sovereignty.
In this book I attempt to prove that this is not at all the case. I share the BIBLICAL material that led me 17 years ago to embrace "the open view of God." I show that this view EXALTS God's omniscience and sovereignty more than any competing view. And I explain why many have found that this view brings positive benefits to their life.
Whether or not you end up agreeing with me, I think you will find this book worthwhile if 1)You have ever puzzelled over the paradox of foreknowledge and free will; 2)You have ever wondered about depictions of God in Scripture as facing an open future; 3)You are not entirely closed off to the possiblity that we still have new insights to learn from Scripture; and 4)You suspect open theists are not motivated by a desire to follow the Bible.
At the very least, this book will challenge you with biblical material and theological reflections you may not have encounterd before. Whatever conclusion you arrive at, challenges like this can only benefit you.
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This book correctly challenges how Calvinism distorts many passage in the Bible to fit their own views, but the open view of God raises some other problems. The moderate Calvinism view seems to be the most biblically and logically accurate. I recommend that after reading this book, the reader also read "Chosen But Free".
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A previous reviewer states that Boyd may seem to be inconsistent in aspects, stating that, "This is significant again due to OPT where Boyd argues that the older doctrines must be given more weight than the more recent. The discussion surrounding the Open View of God was certainly enhanced by this book. However, it does cast some doubt upon the consistency of the author's views."
Boyd does say that older doctrines should be given more weight chpater 4, but he immediately states that older does not necessarily mean better. He says that "newer" perspectives must probably provide more proofs before they should be accepted. Instead of casting doubt on the consistency of the author's views, this casts doubt on how carefully the previous reviewer was reading the text. Whether you agree with Boyd or not, please read carefully, so you will not be disagreeing with something that the author never said.
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A superb outline of the 'Open' view of God (also known as Neo-theism, Free-will theism or Presentism); Boyd challenges the classical view of divine exhaustive foreknowledge and presents a concise (yet logically exhaustive) argument that a faithful reading of Scripture will teach us that God faces genuine possibilities and that some aspects of the future are unknown even to Omniscience Himself. Written in a style combining the gentleness of a pastor with the argumentational prowess of a scholar, Boyd gives a very well-timed and accessible Biblical look at the openness of God. This book distinguishes itself from some of the recent works from the 'Open God' school by its almost exclusive focus on Scriptural data and exegesis (the first two chapters - short but full of sting - form the best intellectual offensive from the Bible that I've read for Neo-theism thus far), giving only a bare sprinkling of philosophical theology. I believe that anyone seriously interested in the nature and attributes of God must thoroughly examine the exegetical arguments set forth here, especially from the OT (Mr. Kenneth Bass would do well to focus on this issue instead of dwelling on perceived mismatches in Boyd's way of addressing two different issues; point is, if we don't agree with Boyd, can we produce a better Scriptural argument?). Do not brush aside the 'divine repentance' passages but ask honestly why you have trouble accepting statements about God changing His mind as literal (if indeed you do - I know I did!). The third chapter proceeds to list down certain practical and experiential advantages in adopting the Open God model, and the fourth chapter rounds up with an apologetic which tackles 18 most common objections to this view. Given the book's introductory purposes, these two chapters are unfortunately kept to an outline format. Still, Boyd gives good insightful responses to some knee-jerk reactions to his view ("What do we mean by a partially open and partially determined future?"), as well as briefly elaborating a Neo-Arminian view of Romans 9 (especially with its many apparently deterministic passages). It's for certain that many authors (including Boyd) will be building on the sketches presented in God of the Possible. A new evangelical paradigm shift is on (putting classical Reformed theology firmly on the defensive), and it's hard to foresee its full emergence and acceptance being prevented in the near future. Representatives of the opposition will have to do a lot more and a lot better than argue by philosophical outrage (which, I feel, is what almost all critics of free-will theism begin with). Like Boyd, they will need to have a firm footing in Scripture. But they need to take caution - for it is in His Word that the God of the possible will show us that even the most strongly held convictions are not impossible to disprove.
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Declaring End From Beginning, Ancient Times Things Not Yet
While thought-provoking and thorough,does not do justice to Jesus knowing Peter's denial and 'free-will'return, Judas' free-will apostasy(prophesied 1000 yrs. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 2000 von B.D.
Changing His Tune
Certainly Boyd travels far from the well-worn path of Protestant determinism when he makes the claim that "... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juli 2000 von Kenneth Bass
Calvinism undermines God's sovereignty
Calvinism undermines God's sovereignty by saying that God MUST actively enforce His preferences in EVERY situation or else He is not in control. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Boyd Brings It All Together
This book opens up a whole new world of understanding God, pain, passion, and intervention. Why does God allow awful things to happen? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Lukewarm doubletalk
Boyd tries to find a new middleroad between the "cold" of Arminianism and the "hot" of Calvinism. He fails. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Is all of the future settled?
Dr. Boyd argues against the classical portrait of the future. He wrestles with the biblical passages that indicate an exhaustively determined future, and those passages which... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Mai 2000 von Lars A. Anderson
Is all of the future settled?
Dr. Boyd argues against the classical portrait of the future. He wrestles with the biblical passages that indicate an exhaustively determined future, and those passages which... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Mai 2000 von Lars A. Anderson
A theology for those interested in conquering the future!
In is book "Soul Tsunami" Leonard Sweet says that "the defining question for the church today is what to do with the future. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Mai 2000 von Lennart Johansson
With God all things are "possible"
Greg Boyd once again takes the "unseen" God and gives him a personal more understandable character. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. April 2000 von Allison Warren
Concise and Convincing Argument for Openness
Greg Boyd, one of the lightning rods in the openness movement, has here given the church a concise and convincing argument for his views. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. April 2000 von Lee Eddy
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